Stop telling God what to do with his dice.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Do not assume divine intervention alters the probabilistic outcomes of quantum mechanics.
- In plain terms
- God does not manipulate the dice of quantum probability.
- What can you take from it?
- Accept randomness as fundamental to nature.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Is the universe random?
- What is fate?
Another view
Some argue determinism exists beneath probabilities.
More from Niels Bohr
Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future.
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